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Two law firms that filed competing shareholder class actions against construction giant Boral have asked the court to permanently stay the other's proceeding, after the judge overseeing the matter said he might wait until the High Court's ruling on the AMP class action beauty parade before deciding which class action should move forward.
Global animal health company Zoetis has told the lead applicants in a class action over horse vaccines to "put up or shut up" and produce evidence disclosing an alleged scientific link between the hendra virus vaccine and certain alleged adverse side effects.
The lead applicants in a class action against The Cosmetic Institute have added 11 cosmetic surgeons to the lawsuit, alleging they conducted breast augmentation surgery in an "incompetent" manner.
DLA Piper has hired a partner to build up its finance dispute resolution and class actions practice in Australia.
Maddens has once again been criticised for its non-compliant costs agreements, three months after receiving similar feedback from a Victoria Supreme Court judge overseeing the firm's bushfire class actions.
Law firms seeking to bring class actions on a contingency fee basis in the Victorian Supreme Court must seek court approval for the now-legal arrangement as early as possible in the proceeding, the court has said.
Three law firms will represent the insurers in new proceedings launched to resolve a $46 million insurance question delaying settlement of two shareholder class actions against sandlewood producer Quintis, bringing the total number of law firms working on the class action to eight.
A judge has adjourned an interlocutory application because of deficient pleadings in a class action brought against three medical device manufacturers and a former doctor on behalf of thousands of women who claim to have suffered lifelong complications from pelvic mesh implants.
The company that operates the Newmarch House nursing home in Sydney is facing a possible class action after a coronavirus outbreak at the facility resulted in the deaths of 19 residents.
AMP's chief executive Francesco De Ferrari has gone on the offensive against class actions in Australia, saying litigation funders were driving up the cost of doing business, resulting in job losses and increasing costs of financial advice.